Former Vice President of Liberia and candidate of the Unity Party, Joseph Boakai, is leading in the presidential run-off election results so far announced by Liberia’s National Election Commission (NEC).
Announcing the second batch of results of the elections held on Tuesday, chairperson Davidetta Lansanah said Mr Boakai has so far secured 712,741 votes while incumbent president and candidate of the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC), George Weah has polled 696,520 votes.
Mr Boakai’s vote represents 50.58 percent of votes counted while Mr Weah’s represents 49.42 votes. About 86 per cent of the votes cast have been counted.
